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Correspondence between Fellows and Council regarding the Informal Committee of Zoologists which was established for the protection of the interests of the Society in the situation following the announcement by the Council at the Ordinary General Meeting on 18th March 1942, that they had obtained Emergency Powers from the Privy Council to suppress the post of Secretary for the duration of the war

Julian Sorell Huxley was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and internationalist. He was ZSL Secretary from 1935-1942, in which time he introduced Pet's corner (the children's zoo) and Zoo Magazine.

Correspondence between Burnet, Tait and Lorne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding proposed new elephant and rhinoceros houses and paddocks at the Zoological Society of London, and the proposed Tusker Elephant House at Whipsnade Zoo. Also minutes of the Whipsnade Committee 9th December 1936, and an extract from a memo on accommodation for catering staff at Whipsnade (known then as the House of Pleasant Bread)

Correspondence between Richard M Lockley of The Pembrokeshire Bird Protection Society and Julian Sorell Huxley requesting permission to nominate Huxley as Vice-President

Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Henry G Maurice regarding a Rhino and a Giraffe at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between J W Milne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the financing of the construction of a new Elephant House, and a donation from Lord Leverhulme

Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, regarding donations towards the construction of the new Elephant House at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Jasper Ridley regarding the plans for the new Elephant House and an approach to Lord Howard de Walden regarding a donation towards the construction

Correspondence between the Royal Institute of British Architects and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding a list of Rice contracts